Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya - success story, complicated fate, family life and forced emigration

Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya - Soviet and Russian opera performer, actressartistic manager Opera Singing Centre. In 1955 she was recognised as an honoured artiste RSFSRand in 1966 she became People's Artist. USSR.

Biography 

Galina Pavlovna Ivanova was born in October 1926 в Leningrad. After she was born, her parents divorcedand the upbringing of the future artiste was handled grandmother. Most of his childhoods Galina spent in Kronstadt. Already at school on glamour и talent the girls got attention: they even gave her a nickname. Pebble Artist. War 1941-1945 caught up with Galina when she was 14 years old. Then she came to visit her father (he lived in Estonia).

After her return to Kronstadt, she began siege of Leningradand Galina was among the three million. peoplewhose lives depended directly on fascists. The girl was uneasilyhunger, cold, and in 1942 the closest person to her died. grandmother. The singer shared memories about that terrible time:

"I'm not alone. sufferedit was difficult for all people. I'm very unpleasantly to bring it up. People were looking for food in dumpso that at least some way feed. It was coldespecially in winter. The sun is almost didn't peek out. At the time, I felt like I was in the middle of nowhere. hell".

Galina was saved inadvertently: women, walked in the flats and providing first aid aidthey found her. When the girl was just 15 yearsshe joined a squad of local air defence defence. It was difficult timeshard work, sleep deprivation, hunger, but the girl has found her own retreat - cope with all labours singing helped her. Music healed Galina's soul, and then she made the decision that she would become a professional. artiste. In 1943, the girl began realise her plans: in the afternoon, she'd go to music schooland after that she worked at cultural palace.

The first husband Galina became a sailor George Vishnevsky. The couple got married in 1944.. Soon the couple separatedbut Galina left a beautiful surname even after the divorce. At one of the concerts. of the Leningrad Regional Operetta Theatrewhere she worked performerGalina has shown herself to be a true professional: the singer who plays the lead role, sickand no one could get her except Galina, who remembered most of the roles by heart.. She spoke in place of her colleagues and thereby proved herself to the superiors.

Success

Later, the artiste left to conquer western listeners, namely Americans. The singer herself later recounted that for Americans to see a communist was like seeing a UFO. They were very surprised and a very different way of seeing her represented. The tour was successfuland after that. Galina has often been asked to speak abroad, but such decisions she has independently I couldn't accept. It was up to the artists Ministry of CultureThe Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which did not support the aspirations of domestic artists to perform concerts on the Westso. Vishnevskaya travelled abroad less frequentlythan she wanted to.

Second marriage Vishnevskaya signed a contract with the director of the Leningrad operetta theatre Mark Rubinwho was a year younger than her several years. The couple lived happilyand they even had a son, but he died in 1945 of a heart attack. food poisoning. The child's death was strong with a bang on the family, Rubin and Vishnevskaya. divorced.

The singer never gave up hope of creating happy familyand in 1955, again concluded marriage. The young men knew each other less than a weekbut their feelings were so stronglike they've known each other all their lives. life. Galina's new favourite was a famous cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. It was with him that Galina became happy wife: the artists had a baby two daughters - Olga and Elena. The spouses were crazy about each other and lived together 52 years old. В 2007 Mstislav Rostropovich passed away after a long and protracted illness. Galina Pavlovna was very frustratedbecause he was the only one who understood her like nobody else, and he was always near. Vishnevskaya talked about her spouse:

"One day we were walking along Prague. We wandered and wandered and suddenly we came across high wall. Mstislav offered me through her climb overto which I was surprised, of course. I'm a singer of this magnitude and I have to go through some kind of fence? He's still got me reassuredand I climbed over. On the other side was a huge puddleand I was so afraid of getting dirty. Mstislav was wearing a light-coloured darling. cape. He took it off, laid it on the ground so that I could quietly pass. That's when I realised that this man would definitely make me happy".

The most famous composers of that era were crazy about the voice and charm of Galina Vishnevskaya. Prokofiev и Shostakovich composed music in her honour, the finest conductors queued upTo work with her, she co-operated with major opera stars. Her work was not only favoured by the Soviets citizensbut also to foreign listeners.

В 1974. Rostropovich and Vishnevskaya departed from the USSR to "sabbatical"but after a few years, they were no longer citizens USSR. They had to leave country because of problems with the Soviet authorities (spouses have repeatedly defended disgraced writers Pasternak и Solzhenitsyn). Only after 16 years they managed to return to their homeland.

Galina, being in { "link".she wrote an autobiographical book called "Galina: A Life Story" in English. It was first published in Russia only in 90-х. Vishnevskaya recounted how she had been told idea to write this piece:

"In the '70s, my husband and I left permanently from the USSR. I had to find a way divertand I thought about writing my own. books. I had something to tell my fansso I didn't hesitate to start work. I've been working on this book four years. It was first published in Washingtonand at the presentation, a senator came up to me. Edward Kennedy and said that he learnt more about Russia from my book than from history textbooks. This was due to the fact that the book is about histories not just my life, but my countries".

In the 2000s, Galina opened her own Opera Singing Centrewhere inexperienced singers get postgraduate education and the experience needed to do the job. For this, in 2011, the artist received Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation. A year later, Galina Vishnevskaya did not. Shortly before her death, she was treated at the . Germany - the artiste had vascular problems. But to this day, people are still amazed by her beauty voiceand they'd love to watch the tapes performances involving her.